Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 767 › Conversation 767-025
Nixon, Woods & Burns on Administrative tasks and Donald McI. Kendall
Friday, August 11, 1972 · 1:23 PM–1:26 PM ET · Oval Office ·40 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Rose Mary Woods and Arthur F. Burns to review administrative tasks and scheduling matters in the Oval Office. The participants discussed the President's previous engagement with the Donald McI. Kendall family and processed various documents requiring presidential signature. The brief meeting concluded following the arrival of Alexander P. Butterfield.
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NARA Description
On August 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Arthur F. Burns met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 767-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 767-25
Date: August 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 1:26 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
[The conversation began in progress]
(rev. Nov-03)
The President’s schedule
-Possible telephone calls
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 1:25 pm.
The President's previous meeting with the Donald McI. Kendall family
-Kendall children
Items for the President’s signature
Woods and Butterfield left at 1:26 pm.Also recorded on August 11, 1972
- 767-019 11:11 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 11:15 am.
- 767-020 11:15 AM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George W. Romney, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Norman V. Watson, Samuel C. Jackson, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:15 am to 12:22 pm.
- 767-021 12:23 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Donald E. Johnson, John F. Evans, Jr., John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull and White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Donald McI. Kendall, Mrs. Donald McI. Kendall, Donald McI. Kendall, Jr., Kent C. Kendall, Peter M. Flanigan, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 1:02 pm.
- 767-024 1:09 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 767-029 1:10 PM · 8 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:23 pm.
- 767-026 1:26 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:26 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 767-027 1:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:26 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 767-028 1:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:28 pm to 1:29 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 767-025, August 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/767-025 (accessed September 18, 2026).